The Galactic Super Star Cluster Westerlund 1
... times the mass of Orion. Therefore, we would have expected diffuse emission with L x = 3x10 35 erg s-1, which is five times more flux than we observe. We suggest that the IMF is nonstandard, as is often claimed for young, massive star clusters. ...
... times the mass of Orion. Therefore, we would have expected diffuse emission with L x = 3x10 35 erg s-1, which is five times more flux than we observe. We suggest that the IMF is nonstandard, as is often claimed for young, massive star clusters. ...
Barred Spiral Galaxy
... • Large amounts of electrically charged gas are ejected suddenly from the Sun’s corona. ...
... • Large amounts of electrically charged gas are ejected suddenly from the Sun’s corona. ...
How Is a Star`s Color Related to Its Temperature?
... How Is a Star’s Color Related to Its Temperature? On a clear night you have surely noticed that some stars are brighter than others. But stars also have different colors. Rigel is blue, and Betelgeuse is red. Capella and our sun are yellow. In this activity you will make your own Hertzsprung-Russell ...
... How Is a Star’s Color Related to Its Temperature? On a clear night you have surely noticed that some stars are brighter than others. But stars also have different colors. Rigel is blue, and Betelgeuse is red. Capella and our sun are yellow. In this activity you will make your own Hertzsprung-Russell ...
Extra-Solar Planets
... -Large planets, orbiting close to parent star (too close to be in the Habitable Zone) - Large masses and short orbital periods -Most have nearly circular orbits -Many have unusually low densities -Likely to have extreme and exotic atmospheres due to their short periods, relatively long days, and tid ...
... -Large planets, orbiting close to parent star (too close to be in the Habitable Zone) - Large masses and short orbital periods -Most have nearly circular orbits -Many have unusually low densities -Likely to have extreme and exotic atmospheres due to their short periods, relatively long days, and tid ...
The Hertzsprung – Russell Diagram
... The Hertzsprung – Russell Diagram Background Information: For astronomers, a graph that displays a star’s luminosity on the y-axis and its surface temperature on the x-axis sets up an extremely useful diagram called a Hertzsprung-Russell, or H-R Diagram. In 1910 Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Ru ...
... The Hertzsprung – Russell Diagram Background Information: For astronomers, a graph that displays a star’s luminosity on the y-axis and its surface temperature on the x-axis sets up an extremely useful diagram called a Hertzsprung-Russell, or H-R Diagram. In 1910 Ejnar Hertzsprung and Henry Norris Ru ...
Introduction to the Solar System
... discover that stars have regular patterns, and planets move among the stars. ...
... discover that stars have regular patterns, and planets move among the stars. ...
DUPREE_SPLINTER
... Mass loss is required theoretically on red giant branch to match CMD of clusters , but the mass ...
... Mass loss is required theoretically on red giant branch to match CMD of clusters , but the mass ...
Day_39
... • Read the instructions and questions carefully. • Discuss the concepts and your answers with one another. Take time to understand it now!!!! • Come to a consensus answer you both agree on and write complete thoughts into your LT. • If you get stuck or are not sure of your answer, ...
... • Read the instructions and questions carefully. • Discuss the concepts and your answers with one another. Take time to understand it now!!!! • Come to a consensus answer you both agree on and write complete thoughts into your LT. • If you get stuck or are not sure of your answer, ...
doc - UWM
... After students have completed the Pre and Post-Visit Questionnaire, discuss each topic with your class. Ancient cultures used celestial objects to keep time. TRUE. Ancient cultures observed seasonal movements of celestial objects and based their calendars on them. A year is based on the time require ...
... After students have completed the Pre and Post-Visit Questionnaire, discuss each topic with your class. Ancient cultures used celestial objects to keep time. TRUE. Ancient cultures observed seasonal movements of celestial objects and based their calendars on them. A year is based on the time require ...
Quantum Well Electron Gain Structures and Infrared Detector Arrays
... 51 Pegasi: Hot Jupiter? • At that location, expected temperature is VERY high (about 2000K or higher!) • So … Jupiter-like planet, but closer than Mercury “Hot Jupiter” • How do you make something like that???? ...
... 51 Pegasi: Hot Jupiter? • At that location, expected temperature is VERY high (about 2000K or higher!) • So … Jupiter-like planet, but closer than Mercury “Hot Jupiter” • How do you make something like that???? ...
Stars - Montville.net
... A neutron star is about 20 km in diameter and has the mass of about 1.4 times that of our Sun. This means that a neutron star is so dense that on Earth, one teaspoonful would weigh a billion tons! ...
... A neutron star is about 20 km in diameter and has the mass of about 1.4 times that of our Sun. This means that a neutron star is so dense that on Earth, one teaspoonful would weigh a billion tons! ...
1. How did the size of the Neanderthal brain compare to that of
... 1. How did the size of the Neanderthal brain compare to that of modern man? When did Neanderthal man become extinct? The Neanderthal brain was similar in size to that of modern man. While it differed somewhat in structure, it’s total size may have been a bit larger. Neanderthals became extinct about ...
... 1. How did the size of the Neanderthal brain compare to that of modern man? When did Neanderthal man become extinct? The Neanderthal brain was similar in size to that of modern man. While it differed somewhat in structure, it’s total size may have been a bit larger. Neanderthals became extinct about ...
Nearest star`s wobbles could reveal Earth`s twin
... smaller star, Alpha Centauri B, an Earth-like world often coalesced in or near the star's habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on the planet's surface. Finding these planets could be time-consuming, but it does not require any new techniques, they say. They suggest using the "radial veloci ...
... smaller star, Alpha Centauri B, an Earth-like world often coalesced in or near the star's habitable zone, where liquid water could exist on the planet's surface. Finding these planets could be time-consuming, but it does not require any new techniques, they say. They suggest using the "radial veloci ...
Size Color and Temperature
... than the Sun. If Betelgeuse replaced the Sun, it would fill space in our solar system well beyond Earth’s orbit. Because giant and supergiant stars have such huge surface areas to give off light, they are very bright. Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky, even though it is 522 light-y ...
... than the Sun. If Betelgeuse replaced the Sun, it would fill space in our solar system well beyond Earth’s orbit. Because giant and supergiant stars have such huge surface areas to give off light, they are very bright. Betelgeuse is one of the brightest stars in the sky, even though it is 522 light-y ...
Chapter 27 Stars and Galaxies
... telescopes on the surface – 6000 can be seen with the unaided eye ...
... telescopes on the surface – 6000 can be seen with the unaided eye ...
SNC1PL The Life Cycle of Stars
... Heat from the core causes any remaining hydrogen in the outer layers to fuse and expand outward (eventually cooling and becoming red) ...
... Heat from the core causes any remaining hydrogen in the outer layers to fuse and expand outward (eventually cooling and becoming red) ...
Constellations
... Asterism: Smaller groups of stars that form patterns within a constellation, from the Greek word aster, meaning star ...
... Asterism: Smaller groups of stars that form patterns within a constellation, from the Greek word aster, meaning star ...
... A. A body that orbits the sun, is not a satellite of a planet, is massive enough to pull itself into a spherical shape but not massive enough to clear out other bodies in and near it’s orbit B. Pair of stars that orbit around their common center of mass. C. A form of hydrogen that is a good electric ...
powerpoints - Georgia Southern University Astrophysics
... • The elements and their relative abundances are different for Type Ia and Type II remnants because the progenitors are different. Type Ia remnants from white dwarfs - usually show relatively strong Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe, and weak O, Ne, and Mg lines; Type II remnants - from massive stars generally ...
... • The elements and their relative abundances are different for Type Ia and Type II remnants because the progenitors are different. Type Ia remnants from white dwarfs - usually show relatively strong Si, S, Ar, Ca, and Fe, and weak O, Ne, and Mg lines; Type II remnants - from massive stars generally ...